fieldwork
nounUK /ˈfiːldwɜːk/
US /ˈfiːldwɜːrk/
Fieldwork is when you go outside to learn by looking and asking.
The students did fieldwork at the pond to study frogs.
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2. Work done outside an office or laboratory, such as building or repairing things in real places.
The engineers did fieldwork to check the new bridge.
3. The first stage of a project where information is gathered in the real world.
Before making the map, they did fieldwork to measure the streets.
4. Military work done in the field rather than at a base.
The soldiers practiced fieldwork in the forest.